Mikuchu
Member
Patch Notes 07/24/2020
• Travelling will no longer remove familiar buffs
Vanguard Improvements
NEW Abilities
• Adrenaline Rush – A reactive heal that can be used in dire circumstances to avoid imminent death.
• Energy Blast - Discharges a buildup of energy on the enemy target
• Guard - Absorbs 50% of a group members damage and transfers it to you. You must be within 15m of the player that you are guarding, and/or the target of the group member you are guarding must be attackable by you or the guard buff will be removed. This ability can be toggled on and off.
NEW Expertise
• Shield Absorption - 25% dot reduction
• Advanced Coup De Grace – Grants Coup De Grace action cost reduction 5%/10%
• Blast Damage Radius - Increases the radius of Thermal Detonator 1m/2m
• Swift Movement - Increases Parry chance by 5%/10%
• Advanced Guard - Reduces the 50% absorbed damage to 40%
• Skilled Movement - Grants 2%/4%/6%/8% Glancing Blow
NEW Defensive Proc
• Selfless Act - You will be awarded 1% damage reduction per tactical buff applied to another player. This stacks up to 10%
NEW Vanguard Heroic Jewelry Set
• Shield Specialist - Can be purchased from Dageerin with heroic tokens in Aurilia at /way 5255 -4149
Modifications
• Tactical Buffs - All base durations have been increased from 5 to 6 seconds
• Tactical Buffs - Inoculation, Escort, Frenzy Tactical buffs have received a 25% action cost reduction
• Tactical Buff - Adrenaline has received a 75% action cost reduction
• Wise Words - Now increases all Tactical Buffs duration 3 seconds per point (up to 6)
• Natural Leader - Now provides 20% action cost reduction (per point) to Tactical Buffs
• Hired Gun - Now reduces Tactical Buffs cooldown by 15 seconds per point spent
• Defibrillator - This ability has moved up by one tier
• Survival Skills - Changed from Heal Potency to Increase Healing received (5/10/15)
• Quantum Shielding - Now adds innate armor 500/1000
• Advanced Shielding - Now adds further innate armor 500/1000
• Enhance Reflexes - Now grants AoE resistance 10%/20%
• Battle Focus - Now grants dodge chance 3%/6%
• Hyper Thrusters - Has been renamed to Light Footed (snare remover)
Removed
• Wise Words - Double skill mod entry
• Abilities - “Fortify”, “Vault”, and “Reverse Thrusters”
• Travelling will no longer remove familiar buffs
Vanguard Improvements
NEW Abilities
• Adrenaline Rush – A reactive heal that can be used in dire circumstances to avoid imminent death.
• Energy Blast - Discharges a buildup of energy on the enemy target
• Guard - Absorbs 50% of a group members damage and transfers it to you. You must be within 15m of the player that you are guarding, and/or the target of the group member you are guarding must be attackable by you or the guard buff will be removed. This ability can be toggled on and off.
NEW Expertise
• Shield Absorption - 25% dot reduction
• Advanced Coup De Grace – Grants Coup De Grace action cost reduction 5%/10%
• Blast Damage Radius - Increases the radius of Thermal Detonator 1m/2m
• Swift Movement - Increases Parry chance by 5%/10%
• Advanced Guard - Reduces the 50% absorbed damage to 40%
• Skilled Movement - Grants 2%/4%/6%/8% Glancing Blow
NEW Defensive Proc
• Selfless Act - You will be awarded 1% damage reduction per tactical buff applied to another player. This stacks up to 10%
NEW Vanguard Heroic Jewelry Set
• Shield Specialist - Can be purchased from Dageerin with heroic tokens in Aurilia at /way 5255 -4149
Modifications
• Tactical Buffs - All base durations have been increased from 5 to 6 seconds
• Tactical Buffs - Inoculation, Escort, Frenzy Tactical buffs have received a 25% action cost reduction
• Tactical Buff - Adrenaline has received a 75% action cost reduction
• Wise Words - Now increases all Tactical Buffs duration 3 seconds per point (up to 6)
• Natural Leader - Now provides 20% action cost reduction (per point) to Tactical Buffs
• Hired Gun - Now reduces Tactical Buffs cooldown by 15 seconds per point spent
• Defibrillator - This ability has moved up by one tier
• Survival Skills - Changed from Heal Potency to Increase Healing received (5/10/15)
• Quantum Shielding - Now adds innate armor 500/1000
• Advanced Shielding - Now adds further innate armor 500/1000
• Enhance Reflexes - Now grants AoE resistance 10%/20%
• Battle Focus - Now grants dodge chance 3%/6%
• Hyper Thrusters - Has been renamed to Light Footed (snare remover)
Removed
• Wise Words - Double skill mod entry
• Abilities - “Fortify”, “Vault”, and “Reverse Thrusters”